1243

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Years: 1240 1241 1242 - 1243 - 1244 1245 1246
Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

June 25 - Pope Innocent IV succeeds Pope Celestine IV as the 180th pope.
June 26 - Battle of Köse Dag: The Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks of Rum.
Castile captures the city of Murcia from the Moors.
The city of Brno is founded.

Births

June 28 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
September 2 - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)
James II of Majorca (d. 1311)
Valdemar I of Sweden (d. 1302)

Deaths

Rulers

Aragon - James I, King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)

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